Local History Room

Located on the mezzanine of the Southington Public Library, our Local History Room contains resources that may be useful to family historians and genealogists.

The resources in our local history room include those listed below:
  • Most Southington yearbooks from 1926-Present
  • Southington Town Directories dating back to the late 1800s
  • Cemetery Directories
  • Historic House Survey
  • Town of Southington Annual Reports
  • Historical Southington Newspapers (digitized)
  • Miscellaneous Connecticut Newspapers (digitized)
  • Books on Southington history and personages
  • Books on Connecticut history where it overlaps with the history of Southington
  • Genealogical resources​​
We have begun to digitize our local history collection and you may access those resources below:  

Digital Southington High School Yearbooks
  • Southington High School Yearbooks (1951-1989)
  • Lewis High School Chronicle (1926-1990)
  • The Emblem (1911-1975)
  • Record of SLAA Reunion (1884-1932)
  • School Report of the Town of Southington (1916-1970)
  • SLAA Register (1900)
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Captain Andrew Upson’s Civil War Letters​These letters are from the collection at the Barnes Museum and follow Captain Andrew Upson’s Civil War experience from his first night in camp to his death on February 18, 1864 after an ambush in Tennessee.

Miscellaneous Histories on Google Drive:
  • Bradley Memorial Hospital History
  • Farmington Canal
  • Southington Architecture
  • Southington Business and Industry
  • Southington Cemeteries and Memorial Records
  • Southington Churches
  • Southington Clubs
  • Southington History
  • Southington Library
  • Southington News 100th Anniversary Special Edition
  • Southington Schools
  • Southington Wars and Veterans
  • Town of Southington

Volumes in our collection are also available through the Internet Archive: